The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Travelers Rest, SC
Travelers Rest is a city of 25,100 in Greenville County, about 11 miles north of downtown Greenville · Updated November 2026
Is Travelers Rest, SC safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Travelers Rest: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Travelers Rest run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 882 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Travelers Rest as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Travelers Rest scores 882.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Travelers Rest, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Travelers Rest, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Travelers Rest
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Travelers Rest, 72% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Vehicle theft runs low. Travelers Rest has 0.97 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.7.
The safest and least safe parts of Travelers Rest
Every part of Travelers Rest where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Travelers Rest run from A+ to B+; 83% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Travelers Rest, the northeast side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Travelers Rest
CrimeGrade™ estimates Travelers Rest has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% less than the US as a whole and 34% less than South Carolina.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 46% of crime reported in Travelers Rest. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Travelers Rest
Travelers Rest has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Theft from cars
Homes (72%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Travelers Rest compares with nearby cities
Travelers Rest has less crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Dacusville and Marietta have less.
Walkability, night lighting and density in Travelers Rest
Two things set Travelers Rest apart: it has a Walk Grade of F (3 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 28% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and assault runs low here.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (3 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 95% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.28% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 94% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Travelers Rest: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.25 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 76% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Travelers Rest
Crime costs Travelers Rest about $940 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 22% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $28 million a year, or $1,107 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.0 million
$80
Rape
$410,000
$16
Robbery
$130,000
$5
Assault
$2.4 million
$95
Burglary
$380,000
$15
Theft
$1.8 million
$70
Vehicle theft
$370,000
$15
Arson
$49,000
$2
Vandalism
$750,000
$30
Total
$8.2 million
$328
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Travelers Rest means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Travelers Rest, SC average a SchoolGrade of A: 63% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Travelers Rest on SchoolGrade
